Attachment for scale-indicators.



N3. 887,917. BATENTED MAY 19, 1908.

E. BUTLER. 'ATTACHMENT POR SCALE INDICATORS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.18, 1907.-

j no. '887,917'.

i HN .Werf-s "1r-ivi ver* fllig@ inli il Url l@ .tijera BYRON E. BUTLER, ORBAD AXE, MICHIGAN.

f ATTACHMENT FOR CLE-EDITIEICrlrJORSA T Q all whom it may concer/n.'

'Be it knownthat I, BYRON E. BUTLER, a

y citizen of the United States of A1nerica,`resid ing at Bad Axe,` in the `county of Huron and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful linprovenients'in Attachments for Scale-Indicators, of which the following is a speciiieation, reference being had therein vto the accompanying drawings.

` This invention relates more particularly to price scales in which a )iveted indicator hand actuated by the weighing mechanism regia A ters with the graduations upon a price chart and the invention has the two-fold object in View to provide means for locking the indicator hand in 'its indicating position and for checking the saine to prevent it freni violently striking,` the casinh(T as may be the result in roughly putting on or off yheavy articles. 'lo this end l ,nave devised an attacl'iment comprisingl certain parts applied to the indicator all as more fullyheeinafter set forth and shown in the accompanying drawings in which z-f lFigure l is Aan elevation of the index of a price scale of known construction, the cover of the casing being removed. Fig. LZ is a cr' sssection on linea-few, Fig. l.. Y' Fig. 3 is a section in a plane at right angles to Fig. 2 and illustrating a modified construction of my invention.

n the drawings A is the segmental casingI of the index, B the pivoted'indicator hand actuated by the weighing niechanismfnot shown) and Uthe price chart with which the index hand registers, all the` parts being' of known descri'vition and operation and forrning no part of my invention. n ln carrying out my invention l suspend in the top of the casingadjacentto the path of the kindicator handa friction bar l) which' upon its .underside is faced with a strip E of `rubber, leather or other suitable material weiglni 1 positie 'l the saine may be held and thereby eck .itl n position against the laction of the Lg mechanism.

l vdo,not confine myself' to any particular' means .for raising andlewering the bar D as this may be accomplished in inany different vWays As illustrated in llg. 1, it accen'in Speeication of Letters Patent, Application filed November 18, i907. .Serial No. fll.

Patented May 19, 2.908.

plished by means of a screw G, screwthreaded in theztop of the casing and bearing against the top of the bar D, the latter being swiveled to the screw by means oi'a stein lil secured te the bar. A. 1

ln Fig. '3 l-v show a modified ferm. Vof susW pension in which a signal lever l is pivotalli `secined-to the top of stein H and a spring J bears u ion th'e to of the bar'i) all se ar- J selling goods, since the salesman after weighing the goeds can arrest the indicating hand and hold it in its indicating positions thus giving the lcnston'ier ample time to verify the pricevupon. the price chart, while the salesman removes the goods from the scale and wraps them up. The device also serves as a check for the .indicator arm since it cannot move while it is held by the bar and in Abeing released for weighing the release is gradual owing te the elastic nature of the contactingr faces which are 'preferably serrated shown. lf desired the ends of the bail D may be turned down to form stops or bufi'ers K. at the ends thereof as shown in Fig. 3 for tho indicating handle strike against. v

What i claim as iny invention is:--

l. 'ln escale, the combination with the casing inclosin'g` the price Ichart and the pivoted indicator hand ceacting therewith,

of'a friction bar supported in the easingl above the indicator hand and. being coextensive with the path tl'iereof and moans for raising and lowering-said ba* into and out of engagement with the index hand.

2. The combination with the casing and pivoted indicator hand ef a price scale, of a friction bar vertically rnovably supported in the casing above the inde?,v hand and being coextensive with tlie`patli thereof and a friction 'block at the end of the indexy hand with which said har adapted to be .moved inte "engagement te prevent the movement of the indes; liand.

3. The combinationwith the casing, the price chart and pivoted indicator hand of a price scale, a friction bar suspended in the top of the casing adjacent to and coextensive with the path of the indicator hanil and means for raising 'said bar in and out of frictional engagement with the indicator pivoted indicator hand of a price scale, ofc

friction bar supported in the casing 1n proximity to the path of the index hand and coextensive therewith, a, friction block affixedV to the end of the indicating hand, s aid friction bar and friction Block provided withl serrated faces. of rubber and a screw adapted to carry the friction bar in and out of 4looking engagement Withthe indicator Witnesses: f

J. R. HARRIS, v JAMES L. BURGESS. 

